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20 Then the ·people without mercy [ruthless; tyrants] will come to an end;
    ·those who do not respect God [the scoffer/mocker/arrogant] will disappear.
    Those who ·enjoy [are intent on; have an eye for] doing evil will be ·gone [cut off/down]:
21 those who ·lie about others in court [bear false testimony; L make a person a sinner with a word],
    those who trap ·people in court [L the arbiter at the city gate],
those who ·lie and [with false charges/testimony] take justice from innocent people in court.

22 This is what the Lord who ·set free [redeemed; rescued] Abraham says to the ·family [L house] of Jacob:

“Now ·the people of Jacob [L Jacob] will not be ashamed
    or ·disgraced [L their faces turn pale] any longer.

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